"Ernest Scribbler" wrote
At a glance, I'm kinda glad my boat isn't a BB.

No offense intended.
I went to the "core repair" forum first, and all those descriptions of wood
rot gave me the willies.

Ernest Scribbler wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote
At a glance, I'm kinda glad my boat isn't a BB.

No offense intended.
I went to the "core repair" forum first, and all those descriptions of wood
rot gave me the willies.




I wouldn't touch a boat with a cored hull with a 50' pole. Some smaller
boats have cored transoms (cored with a closed bubble foam or special
treated ply) and those are okay because it's easy to control and seal
any holes properly, and even replace if it ever is necessary, but a
cored hull...no way. Plus, the few cored hulls I have seen with holes in
them seem to have very thin fiberglass on each side of the coring material.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:43:06 -0400, HK wrote:

the few cored hulls I have seen with holes in
them seem to have very thin fiberglass on each side of the coring material.

That's the whole idea of course, cut down on the amount of heavy
fiberglass by substituting a lightweight core, a good concept as long
as the skins stay glued on and the core is undamaged. It is sort of
like a cardboard box however, surprisingly strong right up until the
core gives way, then it's junk.

On Oct 29, 4:31 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:43:06 -0400, HK wrote:
the few cored hulls I have seen with holes in
them seem to have very thin fiberglass on each side of the coring material.

That's the whole idea of course, cut down on the amount of heavy
fiberglass by substituting a lightweight core, a good concept as long
as the skins stay glued on and the core is undamaged. It is sort of
like a cardboard box however, surprisingly strong right up until the
core gives way, then it's junk.

A BB with potential major damage, PASS. Even without the damage it is
probably worthless.
I do see a similar age 27' Morgan (good boat) for sale here (NW FL)
for $3800.